Posts tagged: tmux

https://youtu.be/06z5qf81ofo Rotate window is the main way that I navigated tmux before I learned. It allows you to change your focused pane, or rotate the position of the panes easily. Default keybindings My keybindings look just a bit different than the default ones, I do not like needing to hit prefix for every command, especially for repeated commands. I set a similar keybinding to the default one that uses mod instead of prefix. How I navigate tmux in 2021 for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

https://youtu.be/F0mHnwTrNNc When you get many splits going in tmux sometimes its time for a new layout. There are four layout strategies that I use, main-vertical, main-horizontal, even-vertical, even-horizontal. Almost always I am useing the main ones with mod plus a or mod plus shift a keybindings. How I navigate tmux in 2021 for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

https://youtu.be/hpFYE2LU7xc Resizing panes in tmux can be quite difficult in default tmux, I use a set of keybingings to help resize panes in the rare occasions that I do need just a bit more space. I set the keybinding to the same as my split navigation bindings but shifted. They are very vim like (h,j,k,l). Most often when I need to resize panes I just grab the edge of the pane with my mouse. Yes the mouse, its not that often that I actually need to change the size of a pane. How I navigate tmux in 2021 for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

https://youtu.be/79Y-kqAiMpw Choose tree is a powerful tmux utility that provides a graphical interface to preview all sessions, windows, and panes, move between them kill them, move them and much more. The default keybinding my preferred keybinding to open sessions and windows collapsed and Zoomed in. From the man page. https://waylonwalker.com/tmux-nav-2021/ for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

https://youtu.be/BMkpbfhbkKM The prefix key is an essential part of tmux, by default all of tmux’s key-bindings sit behind a prefix. This prefix is very similar to vim’s leader key. It is common for folks to change the default (control b) to or if they are a vim user something to match their vim leader key. A few of the essential default key-bindings. A more complete list of key-bindings can be found in this gist https://gist.github.com/mzmonsour/8791835. How I navigate tmux in 2021 for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

https://youtu.be/kzgyiHap1nQ splitting panes is a core feature of tmux. It allows us to split the terminal vertically or horizontally into new panes. 🗒️ note that ‘#{pane_current_path}‘will keep the split in the same directory as it’s parent, without this it will default to your home directory. How I navigate tmux in 2021 for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

https://youtu.be/RB87EEnnMnU An ultimate productivity key-binding in tmux is one to switch to the last session. I use this to quickly get between sessions really quick. Often I am working and need to lookup a quick note, or copy something into my notes, then get back to where I was quickly. I think of this hub and spoke model, and use to quickly drive it. How I navigate tmux in 2021 for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

https://youtu.be/2ZqFDsJywt8 Tmux popups are actually floating windows that you can drag around the screen. They always open in the middle (by default) when you open them, no matter where you leave them. Here are a couple of keybindings I use to open up popup windows. How I navigate tmux in 2021 for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

https://youtu.be/2I8fB28zfB4 Tmux-popups are a great feature that is relatively new to tmux, many repos such as the standard ubuntu repos do not have it. Popups came in 3.2a, if your package manager does not have it, you can follow the tmux’s install instructions to build from source. How I navigate tmux in 2021 for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post I use popups quite a bit in my workflow to ssh into another machine for a short period, or make a new project with a template.

These are the notes that I used as I set up my first ever ubuntu desktop. gnome-tweaks # nordix gtk theme # I ran this, but have no idea if it had any effect as the theme did not show up until I relogged. What I think actuagnome terminal showing scrollbar in tmuxlly worked was emoji support # One thing that I really missed quite early from windows was the emoji virtual keyboard. I like being able to quickly toss in those emoji that give just a bit of a visual cue 🔥, ⚠️,, 🎉, 🦄, 💜. installation # I found an application called emote. that seems to do everything I need it to in the snap store. Installation is a typicall snap install. default keybinding # The application came with a default keybinding, but I could never remember it. Windows keybinding # Old habits are hard to break, I opened up the gnome settings and set a hotkey to to run the command emote. How it works # Get that dock outta here # I tried to disable the dock and it didn’t immediately work for me, likely because I needed t…

In 2021 I changed the way I navigate between tmux sessions big time. Now I can create, kill, switch with ease, and generally keep work separated into logical groups. Update # Since making this post, I have made ~20 other posts in short form that all have a YouTube video to go along with them you can find them all on my tmux-playlist. Chris Toomey’s Tmux Course # I took Chris’s tmux course in December 2020 and it was fantastic. Even as a seasoned tmux user, I learned quite a bit. Before the course, I was proficient in navigating within each of my tmux sessions but rarely started more than one session. A few months later, I have adopted a lot of what I learned from Chris and made it my own. I am now keeping projects to their own session and can move between them fluidly with just a few keystrokes. For high-traffic projects, I have them bound to a single keystroke for instant switching. This change has been a game-changer from the mess of windows I used to have and the nightmare it was to…

I do much of my work from tmux, I love it so much that I want to setup some functionality that puts me in tmux even if I didn’t ask for it. Bash Function # Bash function to check if the shell is in a tmux session. Using the bash function # I often open up vim to do some quite edits, but before I know it I have several splits open and I need access to another shell utility, but I forgot to start in tmux. This function makes sure tht I start in tmux everytime. Using to ensure vim is opened in tmux. I am not quite sure if this is proper use of the and, let me know if you have a better way to do one thing if returns true and another if it returns faslse.

Throw that mouse Away its time to setup some keyboard shortcuts. These sortcuts were the baseline for switching from tmux/vim to vscode. Most folks posts I was able to find gave great tips on replacing vim, but very few have focused on the hackability of tmux. tmux allows me to rapidly fire up a workspace, create new windows and splits. Then When I switch tasks I can leave that workspace open and and jump right back in later exactly where I left off. There is nothing quite like it. The shortcuts listed here make the transition a bit better. The worst thing I found when using vscode at first was no way to switch between the terminal and editor without the mouse. This first set of keybindings solve that issue. The worst thing I found when using vscode at first was no way to switch between the terminal and editor without the mouse.!!! see-also I have an updated article in my tmux workflow How I navigate tmux in 2021 Alt+[hjkl] # navigation ⬅ jump to left split alt+h ⬇ jump to terminal fro…